Mombasa-Nairobi Highway PPP

Overview:

• Mombasa-Nairobi toll road PPP
• Bechtel is developing a 500km toll road between Mombasa and Nairobi.
• The project will see the existing road expanded with more lanes added.
• The road forms part of the longer Great North Road that runs through East Africa.
• The project is one of a number of PPP projects to be undertaken to expand and improve the road network in the country. 
• The road is planned to start with twelve lanes in Mombasa and narrow down to six in Nairobi. 
• The road, along with the Mombasa-Nairobi railway, is part of a wider plan to improve transport links to the port at Mombasa.

Anna Kozakova - Journalist